YouTube blocks "premium" videos in UK after licensing tiff
YouTube is blocking access to "premium" music videos in the UK
thanks to a licensing disagreement between Google and a UK royalty
collection group. The group, PRS for Music, has apparently jacked up its
licensing fees with YouTube just as its contract has come to an end,
leading to a stalemate in negotiations.
http://xrl.us/bei7xd
_____
FCC promises open process on national broadband strategy
Interim Federal Communications Commission Chair Michael Copps
was clearly feeling his oats on Tuesday at the government's "kickoff" of
its national broadband campaign. "The years of broadband drift and
growing digital divides are coming to an end," Copps told the gathering
at the Department of Commerce's main auditorium.
http://xrl.us/bei4g3
_____
Designer Babies: A Right to Choose?
When a Los Angeles fertility clinic offered last month to let
parents choose their kids' hair and eye color, public outrage followed.
On March 2, the clinic shut the program down - and that, says
transhumanist author James Hughes, is a shame.
http://xrl.us/bei4ff
_____
On Science, Obama Puts His Mouth Where His Money Is
In addition to ending a ban on stem cell research funding,
President Barack Obama issued a potentially landmark memo Monday
declaring a new era of "scientific integrity" across government.
http://xrl.us/bei4ec
_____
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"NIDOKIDOS'05" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/nidokidos05?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
